A kitchen worker from the Motyginsky district wanted to become an investor and lost 5 million rubles
January 17 12:40
A kitchen worker from the Motyginsky district became a victim of cyber fraudsters and lost a large sum of money, the regional prosecutor’s office said.
In July 2025, a woman was playing a game on her smartphone and noticed an advertisement for investments from a large Russian company; she followed the link and left her information on the site. After that, an alleged company employee contacted her via messenger. The woman was convinced to undergo “verification” by sending a photo of her passport and install the application. Then a “licensed trader” stepped in and “accompanied” the victim.
The clearance rate is 26.8% (1,650 crimes solved).
808 criminal cases of Internet theft, 417 statements of claim in the amount of 153 million rubles were sent to the regional courts.
First small deposits of 5-10 thousand rubles. showed the “profit” in the woman’s personal account, instilling confidence. Under the pretext of “increasing monetary potential,” the scammers forced her to transfer first 500 thousand rubles, and then 900 thousand rubles. The money was transferred to the accounts of fake people through QR codes, the links to which were later deleted.
When the scammers received the bulk of the funds, the scheme changed. The “specialist” announced that the account was “blocked” and the need to pay for “insurance.” Under the guidance of the scammers, the woman downloaded special programs, transferred money to electronic wallets and allegedly “to pay commissions.” In the end, she was forced to pay for “overdue payments” and the mythical “escrow account tax” for another 230 thousand rubles, which she no longer had.
“The entire period of communication, I did not realize that I was transferring money to scammers. They told everything specifically, there was no doubt. But when (the specialist) started shouting at me and threatening to sue me, I realized that this was not true,” the victim explained.
Realizing the deception, the woman turned to law enforcement officers. A criminal case was opened for fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
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